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World Health Organization. Dept. of Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response.; Pan American Health Organization.; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.);

Published:

2003

Description:

This meeting on DengueNet implementation in the Americas was organized by the World Health Organization Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, Global Alert and Response, (WHO/CSR/GAR) jointly with the Pan American Health Organi...

Networks are a catalyst for promoting common goals and objectives of their membership. Public Health networks in Africa are crucial, because of the severe resource limitations that nations face in dealing with priority public health problems. For a l...

World Health Organization.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.; International Office of Epizootics World Animal Health Organization.; West African Health Organization.; Economic Community of West African States. Regional Centre for Animal Health.; United States. Agency for International Development.; World Bank.; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.);

The “One Health” concept underway in West Africa aims to adopt a holistic approach in responding to possible public health events such as high-impact infectious diseases emerging at the interface between humans, animals and the environment. A tec...

World Health Organization. Division of Emerging and Other Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control.; National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases. Special Pathogens Branch.;

Published:

December 1998

Description:

This manual describes a system for using VHF Isolation Precautions to reduce the risk of transmission of VHF in the health care setting. The VHF Isolation Precautions described in the manual make use of common low-cost supplies, such as household ble...

This document was developed by the World Health Organization for Africa (WHO/AFRO) in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The contents are based on recommendations in the Technical Guidelines for Integrated D...